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Seems to be a bit of interest in this. I'm happy to do this for anyone interested but please be aware that I am not an electrical engineer or anything like that so I cannot accept responsibility if you choose to use modified rear bulb holders and it causes damage to your car etc. etc.
I'm thinking I'll take on 5 "orders(?)" at a time and for the initial batch will only be doing the full circle brake light mod with or without the wiring for the normal light relocate. First 5 people in I will do it for £25 (plus PayPal fees) which will include postage back to you (UK only!)

What you will need -
  • Total of 4 Error free brake light LED's - Iv only ever used the BoldSport ones and had no issue but I cannot supply them - This option will need you to find someone to turn off the bulb out warning feature with Vagcom, I cannot help here as coding scares me!
  • Two good quality bulb holders, some cable and 2 extra Error Free LED's if you want to keep the bulb out warning feature.  You will need to put these bulb holders in the passenger side (UK car) boot recess and run one of them to the drivers side rear lens area and one to the passenger side rear lens area. Make sure you mark positive and negative.
  • Remove your rear lenses, take off the bulb holders and mark the side that is furthest away from the number plate (the side that lights up brighter when braking.)  This way I will know without doubt which side is the brake light circuit.
  • Safely package and post your standard bulb holders to me

What you'll get back
  • Modified rear bulb holder that will illuminate the full circle when the brake is applied - You need to get the bulbs sorted - DO NOT USE THE STARDARD FILAMENT TYPE AS THEY DRAW TOO MUCH CURRENT AND WILL BLOW FUSES!!!!!!!!
  • Either plug and play modified unit - this will throw up a bulb out fault unless this is turned off somehow by Vagcom or a modified unit that you will connect to the bulb relocate you have installed in the passenger side boot recess and run the appropriate cables to connect to. AGAIN ONLY USE LED BULBS AS THE FILAMENT TYPE GETS REALLY HOT AND IN THE RECESS I HAVE MENTIONED COULD BE A HAZARD IF USED FOR PROLONGED PERIODS. Let me know which one you would like - both the same price for first 5 people

PM me if interested.....

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How much would it cost to have you do full circle outer lights

Not really thought about it - is £30 fair? It'd also depend if you wanted the extra run with bulb holder for the bulb out warning or if your going to code out that function. The bulb holders were £12 I think off eBay but there are cheaper ones

Can I get amongst this.. Looks brilliant and I'm a clip killer so the less I'm involved the less I break.!!!
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Which error free leds do you need? What connection type?

Does the coding definitely remove the bulb out error?


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Which error free leds do you need? What connection type?

Does the coding definitely remove the bulb out error?

The LEDs iv used are from boldsport. I don't understand coding so cannot help with turning the bulb out warning - that's why I relocated the unused bulbs to the passenger cavity. Hopefully someone with a good understanding of how to code our cars can confirm how to code out the bulb out warning?
If you are going to code out the bulb warning you won't need error free LEDs

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Il have a go coding this weekend


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Nice one Joe

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Re: Re: Re:
« Reply #126 on: August 30, 2014, 01:36:39 pm »
really want to try this but definitely not confident enough! great work though!
PM me what you want and I'll do it for you for a small fee  :happy2:
Sorry I didn't see this, will fire you a PM soon! thanks

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How much would it cost to have you do full circle outer lights

Not really thought about it - is £30 fair? It'd also depend if you wanted the extra run with bulb holder for the bulb out warning or if your going to code out that function. The bulb holders were £12 I think off eBay but there are cheaper ones

Can I get amongst this.. Looks brilliant and I'm a clip killer so the less I'm involved the less I break.!!!
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PM me when your ready mate

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Re: Quad Rear Lights using standard inner lens (NOT Valeo) **New method page 6**
« Reply #128 on: September 19, 2014, 07:04:38 am »
Which bulbs are needed for getting the bulb out warning on the dash? I already have the 4 decent boldsport ones from when i did the quad lights


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Re: Quad Rear Lights using standard inner lens (NOT Valeo) **New method page 6**
« Reply #129 on: September 19, 2014, 05:44:46 pm »
Am going  to get some more bold sport ones for them Joe

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Re: Quad Rear Lights using standard inner lens (NOT Valeo) **New method page 6**
« Reply #130 on: September 19, 2014, 10:57:25 pm »
Which bulbs are needed for getting the bulb out warning on the dash? I already have the 4 decent boldsport ones from when i did the quad lights
I used a set of boldsport ones - I did a fair amount of testing with various led bulbs. Most of the error free eBay specials ain't and the ones that don't throw a bulb out light (from the ones I tested) ran so hot I didn't want to risk having them in a confined space. I tested all the bulbs at a constant 14v for two hours - most of them burnt themselves out, the ones that lasted were so hot I couldn't touch them (one set burnt my fingers!!!) It was only the BS ones that lasted and were cool enough for me to be confident to put them in the cavity in the boot.
You could use one BS bulb and one eBay special in the cluster (the BS will stop the error light) then the other BS bulb in the relocate to keep costs down. Iv had a full set (6) of BS bulbs in my car for nearly a year now with no problems so that's all I'd use  :happy2:

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Re: Quad Rear Lights using standard inner lens (NOT Valeo) **New method page 6**
« Reply #131 on: September 22, 2014, 07:48:35 am »
Il go for the boldsport ones as i know how good they are.


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